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Humanities Exam 1
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Social Studies
Undergraduate 1
09/23/2013

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Term
Metaphor
Definition
-Imagery
-compares 2 unlike things
-"or" or "like" and "as"
Term
Symbol
Definition
-imagery
-object/character/event
-Meaning more than itself
Term
Irony
Definition
-Verbal:speaker means something different than what is said
-Situational:is resolved differently than what is expected
-Dramatic:audience knows somehing important that the character does not
Term
Plot
Definition
-organized sequence of action/event in the story
-may develop a dramatic plot
Term
Character
Definition
-imagined person
-round-complex
-flat-1D
-Dynamic-changing significantly through the story
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Conflict
Definition
tension between element of the story
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Protagonist/Antagonist
Definition
principal character involved in plots central conflict and opposing character/force
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Setting
Definition
imagined place and time of story
Term
Theme
Definition
underlying point/idea that recurs throughout the story
Term
Narrator
Definition
person/implied/actual-who tells the story
Term
Point of View
Definition
Angle from which a story's action is told
-omniscient: narrator knows and tells all
-limited:narrator knows only one characters thought/feelings
-first person:in first person
Term
Period/Era
Definition
Time work was created
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Genre
Definition
sub-category identifying type of work in a major topic.
Term
Context
Definition
factors that influence artist
Term
Subject
Definition
central focus
Term
Meaning
Definition
Representation the work puts off
Term
Elements
Definition
basic aspects that form work-setting,plot
-In literature
Term
Physical Qualities
Definition
Work as a physical object
Term
Formal Qualities
Definition
Analysis of how work "strikes the eye"
Term
Personal Impression
Definition
Reaction to work-own reaction/opinion
Term
Novel
Definition
book length of narrative prose
-realistic with a complex plot
Term
Short Story
Definition
Fiction/Non-fiction, briefly written narrative prose, read in 1 sitting
Term
Poetry
Definition
Characterized by controlled patterns of rhythm and syntax
Term
Drama/Play
Definition
Action is performe/words spoken before an audience
Term
1st Photograph ever taken
Definition
"View from the window at Le Gras"-Joseph Niepce in circa 1826
Term
1st photograph of a human
Definition
Boulevard du Temple in Paris,France 1838. By Louis Daguerre
Term
Tone
Definition
Authors attitude toward the story
Term
Actors
Definition
Interpret the script under the directors guide
Term
Director
Definition
Supervises everything that happens with the camera and infront of the camera. Unlike the 1960's, they usually assume creative control over the whole movie
Term
Cinematographer/Director of Photography
Definition
Responsible for lighting and scene to get the wanted shot.
Term
Producer's
Definition
Movie starts with them. Choose script,director, contract, and oversee movie financially and legally.
Term
Screenwriter
Definition
Author of written text of dialogue/action. Someitmes rewritten several time and often by different people
Term
Production Designer
Definition
Control whole look of movie
Term
Editor
Definition
Collab w/ director. Arranges sequence of shots.
Term
Composer
Definition
Writes music that is added to film soundtrack after filming
Term
Special Effects Artist
Definition
Create special visual effects.
Term
The Shot
Definition
-Basic Unit of Film
Term
Camera Angle
Definition
high,low, or straight on
Term
Camera Movement
Definition
Tilt,pan,tracking,traveling,crane,handheld.
Term
Lighting
Definition
Characterized lighting style
Term
Script
Definition
shot by shot description of dialogue/staging directions/camera work.
Term
Segment
Definition
larger division of the film story-like a chapter
Term
Editing
Definition
Process of cutting the film and reassembling the pieces to crate a continuous shot/scences
Term
Special EFfects
Definition
illusion created through many means that adds to the filmed action.
Term
Animation
Definition
the illusion of motion through rapid sequence of non-moving 2D images or 3D.
Term
Western
Definition
Cowboys
Term
Crime
Definition
Cops/criminals
Term
Comedy
Definition
romantic/screw ball
Term
Musical
Definition
based of a storyline that called the scenes with singing and dancing
Term
Costume Drama
Definition
Historical period that allows for a showy costume/grand sets.
Term
Film Noir
Definition
black/white,shadowy lighting
Term
Suspense Thriller
Definition
Alfred Hitchcook
Term
Sci-Fy, and Fantasy
Definition
sci-fi, fantasy films emply the latest in special effects and reflect every decards fantasises and anxieties
Term
Action/Adventure
Definition
has action
Term
Coming of Age
Definition
trivial-appeal to teenagers
Term
Documentary
Definition
present factual reality
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